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Political Parties after Communism:
Tomas Kostelecky
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Description for Political Parties after Communism:
Hardback. In other words, East-Central European politics is transforming itself from simply a reaction against the politics of the preceding regime to a situation in which diverse groups in society will find their interests institutionalized in diverse political parties, not unlike the politics of Western Europe. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DVH; 1DVKC; 1DVKS; 1DVP; JPHV; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
After forty years of one-party rule under communist regimes, how were the countries of East-Central Europe to get back to the business of competitive politics in 1989? One key factor was the resumption of party politics, and this book reviews the postcommunist development of political parties in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, and Hungary. Toma Kostelecky describes party history up to 1947-some earlier parties were resurrected in 1989-and then covers the communist and postcommunist periods. Historical, cultural, and social factors in party development are all taken into account in this synthetic work. The core of the work studies three ... Read more
After forty years of one-party rule under communist regimes, how were the countries of East-Central Europe to get back to the business of competitive politics in 1989? One key factor was the resumption of party politics, and this book reviews the postcommunist development of political parties in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, and Hungary. Toma Kostelecky describes party history up to 1947-some earlier parties were resurrected in 1989-and then covers the communist and postcommunist periods. Historical, cultural, and social factors in party development are all taken into account in this synthetic work. The core of the work studies three ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801868511
SKU
V9780801868511
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About Tomas Kostelecky
Toma Kostelecky is senior researcher and scientific secretary, Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences. He was recently a JSPS fellow at the Slavic Research Center, Sapporo, Japan. He was a Fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in 1996-1997.
Reviews for Political Parties after Communism:
A trim, lucid, first cut at the evolution of party systems in postcommunist Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia... a very clear, informative and thoughtful comparison. Foreign Affairs A thoughtful overview of the development of party politics and party systems.
Anna Grzymala-Busse Slavic Review 2003 The great merit of Kostelecky's book is the author's ability to bring together ... Read more
Anna Grzymala-Busse Slavic Review 2003 The great merit of Kostelecky's book is the author's ability to bring together ... Read more